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Friday, March 31 2017

• Brian Lehrer Weekend: Rust Belt Comes to Broadway, Negotiating Your Medical Bills, Sex and the Constitution March 31, 2017

  Our favorites from this week include: life in the Rust Belt comes to Broadway in the new play 'Sweat,' how to negotiate surprise medical bills, legislating sex in the Constitution. (article)

• #AskTheMayor; Control of Mosul Proves to be Elusive; Fearless Women on Wall Street; The Firestorm Around 'Open Casket'; Outsider's Guide to Hollywood March 31, 2017

  Ask the Mayor; Control of Mosul Proves to be Elusive for US-Iraq Effort;&nbsp;Fearless Women on Wall Street;&nbsp;Unpacking the Firestorm Around 'Open Casket';&nbsp;How To Make it in Hollywood &nbsp; (episode)

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  • #AskTheMayor: Closure of Rikers, ICE 'Propaganda' and NYC's Sacred Stores March 31, 2017

    Mayor de Blasio takes calls from New Yorkers about the proposal to close&nbsp;Rikers Island, the spread of&nbsp;propaganda about sanctuary cities, and&nbsp;Tony Danza's cheese shop.

  • Control of Mosul Proves to be Elusive March 31, 2017

    Control of Mosul proves to be elusive for the joint US-Iraq effort.

  • Fearless Women on Wall Street March 31, 2017

    How the 'Fearless Girl' statue is a poignant reminder of why women decide to work on Wall Street to begin with.

  • The Firestorm Around 'Open Casket' March 31, 2017

    Unpacking the firestorm surrounding 'Open Casket,' a painting at this year's Whitney Biennial by white artist Dana Schutz that depicts Emmett Till's funeral.

  • Making It in Hollywood as an Outsider March 31, 2017

    Jay Chandrasekhar, director of 'Super Troopers,' talks about making it in Hollywood as an Indian-American.